The slam dunk and three-point shooting contests were Hoopla’s Saturday headliners, but the day was filled with plenty of other hoops action.

With layups, close-range efforts and deep bombs from downtown, contestants had to utilize many different skills in the Hoopla Hot Shot Contest.

Hoopla holds traditional individual contests like the three-point and free throw competitions, but the hot shot contest is a little different.

In this contest, players score different amounts of points based on which of six pads they are standing on when they make a shot.

Two pads are on either side of the key along the baseline and count for two points, one is in the middle of the lane and counts for three points, there is one on each elbow of the free throw line for four points, and one is at the top of the three-point arc for five points. Made layups also add a single point.

Contestants on Saturday had one minute to score as many points as possible.

Austin Molan, from North Dakota, enjoyed the way the hot shot contest was set up.

“I think it’s pretty challenging because there’s a bunch of different shots that you have to shoot from,” said Molan, who attempted the drill several times.

He also liked the workout.

“(I enjoy) the exercise and how you have to run around everywhere to try and grab rebounds and trying to beat other people’s score.”

Others concurred.

“It’s fun. I think it’s pretty good,” said Cody Millious from Dayton. “You’ve got to hustle in order to get more shots down in under a minute.”

Millious did have one suggestion:

“It might be better if they had a couple more pads (to shoot from),” he added.

Still, the event fit nicely within the spirit of Hoopla.

“It’s another activity,” said Ryan Manly of Amity. “(Hoopla’s) great to get you active.”

Doug Treish of Eugene tallied the overall high score of 51 in the hot shot competition and won the men’s adult title.

Other winners include Shawna Ceroy of Salem in women’s adult; Alexis Avant of Medford in girls’ grades 6-8; Makayla (no last name given) of Medford in girls’ kindergarten-5th grade; Levi Laws of Salem in boys’ grades 9-12; Dylan (no last name given) of Salem in boys’ kindergarten-5th grade; and James Moore of Klamath Falls in boys’ grades 6-8.

In the free throw competition, Sam Bulloch of Wilsonville hit 90 consecutive free throws to lead the winners and capture the boys’ grades 9-12 crown.

Those are three words that certainly seem interlocked as players attempt to stay at a peak level of performance over the course of the 3-on-3 competition while battling in temperatures close to 90 degrees.

“I’ve been drinking lots of water,” said Eric Olheiser of Gervais while holding a gallon jug of water.

Sports drinks are also popular.

“I drink PowerAde,” said Jacoby Wolfe of Newberg while gesturing to his bottle of the blue elixir. “(The heat’s) been pretty hard.”

While PowerAde isn’t his drink of choice, Mark Nielson of Stayton and a teammate of Olheiser on the Hashtag Freakbeast in Men’s Recreation Division III, had gone through three Gatorades by mid-afternoon.

“I’ve been drinking as much liquid as I can,” he said. “I’ve been drinking some water, too.”

Others found relief in the shade.

“I’ve been lying down and staying out of the sun,” said James Willcuts, a teammate of Wolfe on the Tiger Pride in the 17 & Under Boys Competitive Division.

Hoopla refs: In basketball, the focus usually is on the players, but Hoopla couldn’t exist without an integral part of the equation — the referees.

With 50 courts and more than 800 teams competing in 52 divisions, Hoopla needs many referees to govern the numerous games over the course of the tournament.

“It’s a lot of fun,” said John Cox, who has been officiating at Hoopla for five years. “Games go about 20 minutes and then I stay in the shade for about 10 minutes. I usually get a break every hour.”

Hoopla also is home to refs with elite experience, such as Roseburg’s Jay Schumaker, who has kept Division I college games in order along the West Coast for the past 25 years.

“It’s all the same; it doesn’t matter what game it is, it’s all the same,” he said, while noting that the skill level at Hoopla is quite different than what he sees in the upper echelon of college basketball.

Still, Schumaker, in his first year of Hoopla officiating, has found the level of effort at Hoopla to be no different.

“(Competitors at Hoopla) are trying just as hard as Division I people,” he said. “So you have to try just as hard as they do.”

He’s also been enjoying the change of scenery.

“It’s fun to be outside and 99 percent of the time players help each other up. They’re just here to play basketball and that’s incredible.”